Improvement in horse-rakes



UNITED STATES PATENT s QFFICE.

H. W. SABLN, OF CA-N-ANDAIGUA, NEW YORK.

IM PROVEMENTv IN HORSE--v RAKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 7,813, dated vDecember3, 1550.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, H. W. SABIN, ofCaua'n'daigua, in the county of Ontario'and State of New York', haveinvented a new andusefnl Improvement on a Horse-Rake; and I do herehydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making a part ot' this specication, in which- Figurel'reprcsents a top view, and Fig. 2 a transverse section. c

Similar letters indicate like paris in each gure. Y

Letters A A represent the wheels, which are attached to a rotary axle, BB.'

, D D-is a tilting bar, attached to the axle at d d, and is intended toact upon the stocks to which theteeth of the rakeare hung atff. Itisgoverned b'y the handle a.' a', which is fixed to a` coupling,proiecting from the edge of which is a pin, g, touching lthe tilting barl) D.

The bar E E, attached to the axle at e e, `is for the purpose offholdingthe stocks down, and is governed by the handle a a.

The bar F F supports the stocks at the angle made by the teeth oftherake, and is made tirm to the thills extending back. It also answers thepurpose of clearing the hay from the points of the teeth as they areraised.'

The principai points of my invention consist in the operation of thecouplingl K. B v means of the handle c c, working upon a Vfulcruin at L,the coupling is'moved to the right or left upon the axle. When moved tothe lel't the clutch fixed into and revolving with the axle, is caughtupon pins o o o, tixed into the left side of the coupling K, Fig. l. Theclutch fr, being caught upona pin, turns the coupling, and by that meansall the stocks are raised. When the pin g, projeotingfrom the coupling,meets the inclined plane G, andv moving down the side y y y, the pinsclear the clutch and the stocks again fall, and thus by moving,- theliandle c c, acting as a lever upon the t'ulcrinn L, the operation isrepeated at will..

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent inny iniprovedhorserake, is-

The devices for raising the teeth simultaneously to clear them of thehay and dropping them again by means .of the apparatus, sub stantiallyas described, being worked by the draft ot' the team, when thrown intogear, at

the will of the operator.

